This Cherry Almond Amaretto Ice Cream Cake is light, a little fruity, and full of almond and Amaretto flavor. It’s the perfect summer dessert – and it’s even yummier than you’d expect!
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Cherry Almond Amaretto Ice Cream Cake
So the hubs and I are officially at that age where friends are starting to have kids. And not just Facebook “friends” who you only know have kids because of Facebook, but like, actual friends that we see and talk to regularly.
It’s awesome to see great friends so happy and see what their babies are like. So far, they all seem to really resemble their parents and it’s so fun to see them. I can’t wait to watch them grow up!
And even though we don’t have kids yet, friends of ours that we regularly get together with do, which means our pretty regular Friday night plans are officially a little different. 🙂
Normally on a Friday night you might bring margaritas to a friend’s house, right? Well tonight we are bringing dinner to their house (since eating has fallen off of the priority list with newborns) and a massive box of diapers we’re picking up at Costco because they are going through them MUCH faster than they thought.
Now that’s how you know you’re getting older and moving into a new life phase! 🙂
It totally fun though – a phase we are ready for. And babies are way cooler when they are the babies of people you know and love.
Not only do I already love all these babies, but this cake. This cake is a thing to love. SO good!
Tips for Making this Homemade Ice Cream Cake
The cake layer is soft, tender and full of almond and Amaretto flavor. I used 1/4 cup of Amaretto coffee creamer and 1/4 cup of actual Amaretto, but you could use all coffee creamer if you prefer. There’s also some almond extract in the cake.
The flavor is seriously amazing. Like, addicting.
Amaretto actually reminds me of another good friend from college. She was a big Amaretto fan and I’d forgotten how good it was! I did not want to stop eating the cake layers. They almost didn’t make it into the cake.
The ice cream layer is my favorite no ice cream machine needed ice cream. It’s thick, creamy and so easy to make. The ice cream also has some almond flavor, but this is where the cherries come in to play. I didn’t want the cherry flavor to be too much, so it’s just enough to give it some flavor and color.
I really wish there was a way for you to taste this through the screen. It was even better than I expected it to be and I wish I could do more than just try to describe it! It’s light, flavorful and perfect. I seriously love it and it was a big hit with all of my taste testers. We all felt the same way – the flavor is spot on, not too much and the cake layers are just the right texture.
If you like almond and cherry at all, even just a little bit, you have got to try this cake!
PrintCherry Almond Amaretto Ice Cream Cake
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 5 hours 45 minutes
- Yield: 12-14 slices
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
This Cherry Almond Amaretto Ice Cream Cake is light, a little fruity, and full of almond and Amaretto flavor. It’s the perfect summer dessert – and it’s even yummier than you’d expect!
Ingredients
CAKE LAYERS
- 1 2/3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 3 egg whites
- 2 tsp almond extract
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup amaretto coffee creamer
- 1/4 cup amaretto liqueur
ICE CREAM LAYERS
- 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/8 cup milk
- 2 tsp almond extract
- 8 oz Cool Whip (or homemade whipped cream)
- 1 cup chopped maraschino cherries (see second note at the bottom of instructions)
OUTSIDE AND TOPPING
- 4 oz Cool Whip
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds
Instructions
THE CAKE LAYERS
THE ICE CREAM
ASSEMBLING IT ALL
Notes
An 8-inch springform pan is best for this recipe so that you can easily remove the cake once it’s been assembled. If you do not have a springform pan, line your pan with clear wrap before adding your parchment paper and cake board. You can use the clear warp to lift your cake out of the pan once it’s assembled and frozen.
When chopping the cherries, just remove them from the juice in the jar, cut into pieces and set aside. Do not save the juice that comes out when you cut them, but don’t try to squeeze out the remaining juice or pat them dry. The juice that remains in the cherries after you cut them will flavor the ice cream.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Slice
- Calories: 408
- Sugar: 32.6 g
- Sodium: 108.7 mg
- Fat: 23.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 45.5 g
- Protein: 4.9 g
- Cholesterol: 47 mg
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Enjoy!
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Can you do a pistachio ice cream cake? I’m scared of what will happen if I try to experiment on my own.
Oh wow your cakes look amazing! Do you have a book out?
Thank you! I’m currently working on a book, actually. You can preorder it on Amazon, but the photo showing as the cover is not updated yet. The photo showing currently is actually from the blog and not in the book. It should be updated in the next week though. Thanks! 🙂
Congratulations on your book! I’m excited, I just pre-ordered!
Awesome! 🙂 Thank you so much!
A fabulous-looking dessert! One quick question: when the Cool Whip is used in your recipe, is it frozen, like when you buy it at the store, or do you use it thawed and refrigerated?
I thaw it first, so that it’s easy to incorporate into the other ingredients.
OMG, this looks so so so so delicious. Pinned!!!
When you say 1/4 c amareto coffee creamer, are you referring to the liquid cream or the powder?
The liquid creamer
Lindsay I can’t get over how GORGEOUS this cake is!!!!!
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This looks great! Amaretto has really been on my mind lately since I just had a fabulous amaretto cheesecake dessert at Disney World! It feels like just yesterday we entered into the having babies stage with our friends, and now our oldest is 7 and we are having #4 soon!
Thanks Jaren! That cheesecake sounds delicious! And 4 kiddos? I can’t even imagine how busy you must be!
Yes it’s quite different hanging out with kid couples. But then again, I was the first one to have kids…so I never experienced it without! 🙂 LOVE this cake, pinned!